This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the best ever views of Arp 4, a visual pair of galaxies in the constellation of Cetus.

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Archaeologists Find Fingerprint of Ancient Seafarer on 2,400-Year-Old Boat

19 Dec

In the 4th century BCE, at least four wooden plank boats the island of Als off the coast of Denmark.

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Hubble Captures Collision of Two Planetesimals around Fomalhaut

19 Dec

Fomalhaut -- the 18th brightest star visible in night sky -- is orbited by a compact source, Fomalhaut b, which has previously been interpreted as either a dust-enshrouded exoplanet or a dust cloud generated by the collision of two planetesimals.

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Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils Shed Light on Evolution of Flight

19 Dec

Anchiornis huxleyi is a species of non-avian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation in northeastern China

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Europa Clipper Captures Unique View of 3I/ATLAS

18 Dec

Scientists using the Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft have observed 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected entering the Solar System from beyond.

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Titan Does Not Have Subsurface Ocean, New Study Indicates

18 Dec

The data from NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn initially led researchers to suspect a large underground ocean composed of liquid water on Titan.

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Paleontologists Discover First-Known Instance of Ancient Bees Nesting inside Vertebrate Fossils

17 Dec

Bees are well known for their species and remarkable behavioral diversity, ranging from solitary species that nest in burrows to social species that construct highly compartmentalized nests.

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Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst Caused by Stellar-Mass Black Hole Shredding Its Companion

17 Dec

Using data gathered by a suite of space- and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered AT 2024wpp, the most luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) ever observed.

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Webb Detects Exotic Helium-and-Carbon-Rich Atmosphere around Pulsar-Orbiting Exoplanet

17 Dec

PSR J2322-2650b, an enigmatic Jupiter-mass exoplanet orbiting the millisecond pulsar PSR J2322-2650, appears to have an exotic helium-and-carbon-dominated atmosphere unlike any ever seen before.

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1.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals New Details about Homo erectus

16 Dec

Paleoanthropologists have examined and reconstructed DAN5, a 1.5-million-year-old fossilized skull of early Homo erectus found in Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia.

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Sea Cow Communities Have Engineered Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years

16 Dec

Paleontologists have unearthed a dense assemblage of dugong remains at the site of Al Maszhabiya in the Early Miocene Dam Formation of Qatar.

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Remarkable Fossil from South Africa May Be New Species of Australopithecus: Study

16 Dec

Paleontologists Discover New Species of False Saber-Toothed Cat

15 Dec

Astronomers Find Direct Evidence for Supermassive Stars in Early Universe

15 Dec

Mosasaurs Could Inhabit Freshwater Environments, New Fossil Discovery Suggests

15 Dec

Theobromine: Chemical Found in Dark Chocolate Could Have Anti-Aging Properties

15 Dec

Hubble Space Telescope Revisits NGC 4388

15 Dec

XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

12 Dec

Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of 3I/ATLAS

12 Dec

Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere on Ultrahot Super-Earth TOI-561b

12 Dec

New Research Challenges Classification of Uranus and Neptune as Ice Giants

11 Dec

Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Fire-Making

11 Dec

Physicists Rule Out Existence of Sterile Neutrino

11 Dec

Webb Detects Earliest-Known Supernova Explosion

11 Dec

TGO Provides More Accurate Information about Path of 3I/ATLAS through Solar System

19 Nov

Thanks to the data collected by the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) onboard ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft orbiting Mars, scientists have improved the predicted location of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by a factor of 10.The …

Black Cumin Has Anti-Obesity Benefits, New Study Shows

19 Nov

Nigella sativa, or black cumin, is a flowering plant from the Ranunculaceae family long used in traditional medicine across South Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.The post Black Cumin Has Anti-Obesity Benefits, New Study Shows appeared first on S…

Researchers Find Evidence of Ancient Microbial Life in 3.51 Billion-Year-Old Rocks

19 Nov

Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of photosynthesis relative to the inferred oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere, remains a challenging opportunity.The post Researchers Find Evidence…

Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

18 Nov

A member of the ICQ Comet Observations group has released a new image of 3I/ATLAS, the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed.The post Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared…

Time is Psychological Projection, Philosopher Suggests

18 Nov

In his new book ‘A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time,’ Wake Forest University’s Professor Adrian Bardon proposes that our sense of the passage of time is an example of psychological projection -- a type of cognitive error that involves misconceiving…

Scientists Explore Structure of Bacteriophage

18 Nov

Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers have investigated the structure of Bas63, a bacteriophage of the subfamily Ounavirinae and the Felixounavirus genus which targets Escherichia coli, to explore its evolutionary relationships and functional adapta…

Early Long-Necked Marine Reptile Unearthed in China

17 Nov

The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team led by paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The po…

Researchers Identify Gene Responsible for Bud Size in Tea Plant

17 Nov

Scientists from Tea Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have collected images of the apical buds at the one bud and two leaves stage from 280 representative tea accessions.The post Researchers Identify Gene Responsible for B…

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